Nora Jones new CD -- Copy Protection -- YIKES


Can you believe this?? We work for years to get the sonics right...and now we have to deal with this copy protection BS.

I've heard that since the copy protection is based in windows executable files...that you can simply copy the CD using a mac and the copy protection is gone.

Are there any computer techies out there that could confirm or refute this.

Harry
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Copy protected CDs skip on my Naim at about the 10 second mark of every track and it totally Yikes me let me tell ya. All EMI CDs released in Canada now are copy protected. I don't download...does Norah's new CD release in America have "Copy Protected" clearly marked in a white box on the label ? thanks
I ripped this CD with EAC and a Plextor Plexwriter Premium. I didn't have any problems at all.
It is such a shame all these recording companies are punishing the honest, loyal customers by totally disregarding the copy protection's effect on sound quality. I followed an interesting thread around seven years ago, about Macrovision copy protection on DVDs when they were becoming popular. (Macrovision prevents making VHS copies of DVD contents by sending a signal to the VCR's gain attenuator driving it nuts causing excessive shifts in brightness and picture contrast!)

Ironically, none of the new DVD's appear to feature Macrovision, perhaps because in the era of DVD writers, who bothers to make sonically and visually inferior VHS copies? Today I am yet to hear of any DVD that cannot be ripped and copied.

Can you think of an operating system that is not prone to Virus attacks? (Remember Larry Ellison's infamous open challenge to infiltrate Oracle Unbreakable Database/ Sever Clusters' and the aftermath?) Similarly, I cannot think of na encryption, copy protection or a DRM mechanism that cannot be hacked. It is not just a matter of when, not if!

Executives of the RIAA, MPAA and major record labels should invest their time and money going behind mass violators of copyright laws. Not honest consumers, who deserve the right to play the software in whatever hardware they prefer, let it be a dedicated Cd player, PC, Car, Discman, mp3 player etc.

One final word: I travel to China very often and any DVD released anywhere in the world is available there for 6 RMB (USD 0.75) and given the 1 billion plus population in China, the loss of income due to piracy there is incalculable! (Please do not start the "DVD usage is not widespread in China as in the Western world" argument, a Chinese built DVD player costs only USD 25.00 there and with the new found wealth, almost every Chinese can buy one)
If this software on the CD is activated by the autorun feature, defeat this by holding down the shift key when you insert the CD. Some copy protection software was defeated by this simple action. I don't know if this CD falls into that category, but it can't hurt to try.
I bought the Norah Jones and had initial troubles burning to MP3 format. In MusicMatch or Media Player it would stop with errors. There is a FREE program called CDEX from http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/downloads.php to convert the purposely placed errors on the disc (making it unreadable in certain CD players/computer) into a readable format, such as .wav or .mp3. After using this software, I could transfer them to an iPod without trouble. Hope that helps.